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Re: Pronouncing "HTML" (was: Results of Poll by Email No. 8)

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2002, 5:59
Christophe Grandire wrote:
> >En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>: > > > > > I usually say [dVbdVbdVb], an abbreviation of standard > > [dVbl=judVbl=judVbl=ju] when pronouncing an URL. > > The abstract object is almost always "the Web". > > > >I personally say [wawawa] :)) . And the thing I usually call "Internet" or >"the >Net". I don't use "the Web" that much compared to the first two.
[ve:ve:ve:] and "Internet". [ve:] is normally the Swedish name for |v|, but in this case short for "dubbel-ve" [d8bElve:], the name for |w|. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com